Hi all, Until very recently using kfreebsd-loader was the only way to boot GNU/kFreeBSD. This package contains the FreeBSD 5.4 bootloader, and it was done in a very hackish way, that is not built from source. GRUB 2 now supports booting FreeBSD kernel and also supports (among others) UFS partitions.
That's why we have now choosen to use GRUB 2 as the default bootloader. In the future that will allow us to boot on other filesystems like ZFS, or XFS. kfreebsd-loader is still supported for some time, but should be considered as deprecated. Installation done using debian-installer are already using GRUB 2 by default. For older installation, here is the procedure to do the switch: * Install kfreebsd-image-7.2-1-flavor (>= 7.2-5) * Create /etc/kernel-img.conf containing: postinst_hook = update-grub postrm_hook = update-grub * Install grub-pc: 'apt-get install grub-pc'. Answer to the debconf question so that grub is installed on (at least) the MBR of your first disk. * Remove kfreebsd-loader: 'apt-get --purge remove kfreebsd-loader' Don't hesitate to report problems on the mailing list. And if you want to have a GRUB menu, don't forget to install desktop-base! Cheers, Aurelien -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 aurel...@aurel32.net http://www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bsd-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
